Skull, other bones found during dig for remains of missing person in La Puente

Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives found a skull and other bones in a La Puente backyard Friday, where they and coroner's officials were looking for the remains of a person missing since 2009, officials said.

Authorities first descended on the home Thursday morning about 7 a.m., after developing information that a missing person might have been buried on the property.

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On Friday shortly before noon, searchers found the human bones, said county coroner spokesman Ed Winter. It will take some time before they are identified, he said.